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Take your ass back to the trailer park

Bun pun intended, as the title in this case refers to a little vignette of trailers for upcoming films that, to me, look amazing. So I’d like to share them with you. Looks like the rest of the year promises much in terms of movies that stir our soul and entertain. Will they deliver?

American Hustle (2013)

David O. Russell is going from strength to strength. What with The Fighter and Silver Linings Playbook, this almost feels like a reunion: bringing together Christian Bale and Amy Adams from the former and Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro from the latter; plus the excellent Jeremy Renner, in this ’70s set tale based on the FBI Abscam operation.

The Counselor (2013)

Reuniting Penelope Cruz with Cameron Diaz (from their time on Vanilla Sky) and Javier Bardem (Vicky Christina Barcelona), along with Brad Pitt and the mighty Michael Fassbender, this film has a killer cast. Ridley Scott takes the helm as director, with an original screenplay from Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men), delving into the world of greedy lawyers and drug trafficking.

The Dirties (2013)

Described by filmmaker Kevin Smith as ‘the most important film you will see all year’, a fresh, compelling, semi-comic take on bullying. Largely improvised in terms of script by the two leads, one of which (Matthew Johnson) is a recent graduate from York University film school. Impressive stuff and worth your time. Although likely to only be available in a limited number of screens across the country. Seek it out.

The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)

Martin Scorsese is cinema. Indeed, he’s one of its greatest living directors. That’s a fact. This film marks the latest in an ever-growing list of outstanding collaborations he’s had with Leonardo DiCaprio in recent years. It tells the tale of corrupt New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort and, along with DiCaprio, features the talented Jonah Hill as well as a man in the midst of a renaissance, Matthew McConaughey.

Anchorman 2 (2013)
So…the legend of Ron Burgandy lives on. Big question is, was the first film lightning in a bottle? Steve Carrell is a much bigger star now, will he unbalance the group dynamic? And more importantly, will this film give us more of the same or take Ron and the team to places new? Ideally we’d want both. Pleasingly the trailer looks to provide just that, with Ron and team now in the ’80s, looking to re-form the team with a 24-hour news channel.

There’s obviously a lot more films with great trailers I’d like to talk about, but I’ll stop here. Ok, maybe just a quick mention of some. Hunger Games: Catching Fire looks really good and gives us yet more of the beautiful Jennifer Lawrence this year, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug looks epic and intense and sees Peter Jackson really get into his stride. Captain Phillips with Tom Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass looks to be a thoroughly engrossing tale, and finally, How to Train Your Dragon 2sees Hiccup and Toothless return in what could potentially be another sweet and uplifting tale. There’s loads more but, as Shrek says, ‘That’ll do donkey, that’ll do.’